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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 23, 1790
Page
4
The speaker defends the prologue of a performance by young gentlemen from Dr Barrow's Academy in Soho Square Laf, noting their two manners and the admirable delivery. The speaker commends the overall quality and mentions an unnamed student as delivering the prologue in a creditable fashion.
Fragmentary verse and political notices mix in a Prologue to a performance at De Barrow's Academy in SoHo Square. The text laments theater life, praises rustic hilarity, and references Queen Elizabeth and Greek learning while shifting to stray remarks on persons and events. It closes with a gossip about passports, Aix-en-Provence, a club in white cockades, executions, and potential rioting.
In The GeneraL Evening Post a trade proposal argues to abolish game laws except for preservation aims. Aimed at reducing burdens on the poor, it envisions legalized selling of game and continued licensing, claiming benefits to unemployment relief and government revenue.
A fragmentary report notes that while conspirators met at Lyons the white cockade appeared openly at Metz as a counter-revolution symbol. It waned by Bouillé's order but only the position changed, worn under the coat. The coffered coat shows a ray signal referencing Comte d Artois as he allegedly pursues a civic path amid family advice.
London reports note the King will proceed from St James's to the House of Lords to give Royal Assent to bills after which the Lords are expected to adjourn to early February. The Prince of Wales arrived at Carleton-house from Kempshot and dined with the Duke of Clarence before visiting Wooburn Abbey.
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